Wislawa Szymborska on better
Wislawa Szymborska73 quotes“Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.”
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska My choices are rejections, since there is no other way, but what I reject is more numerous, denser, more demanding than before. A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable losses.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska
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If you approach the mountain in fear, it will look bigger than it actually is.
Tene EdwardsTene Edwards These bridges that we walk across they weren’t build to be burned.
Jamil ElhageJamil Elhage I don’t know how to explain it – the world feels possible again.
R CliftR Clift Once you start to love yourself, everything will change, you will get great peace of mind. You will develop a stronger relationship with yourself.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins You deserve the love you’re looking for and love will find you.
Bryon MartinBryon Martin I’ve got the midnight blues in the middle of the afternoon – the side effects of missing you.
Ana DeeAna Dee Turn moments of weakness into unwavering strength, when you fight for yourself you’ll have you to thank.
Shannon Van AlstShannon Van Alst Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
T.L. MartinT.L. Martin
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I have heard a lot about love but I’m still learning to spell it, a bit by bit every day by getting, to know you better. -The Loving.
Shiwanshi PandeyShiwanshi Pandey Learning to save some love for yourself has to start somewhere. What better time than now?
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Don’t surround yourself with people who run away from growth. Don’t limit yourself knowing you can evolve, do better and be better. Because you deserve better.
Jenny AJenny A Just improve yourself; that is the only thing you can do to better the world.
Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein I am a makeup artist; I make up the world to look better to me.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan At times, I need to let go of all mistakes I made and believe that could a better person than before. -That belief is the courage I need.
Shiwanshi PandeyShiwanshi Pandey It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie Our only consolation, as we feel our strength failing us, is to feel that we may help those who come after us to do more and to do better than ourselves.
Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur
